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Webster's 1828 DictionaryRUST'IC, WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)adj Merriam Webster's
Oxford Reference Dictionaryadj. & n. --adj. 1 having the characteristics of or associations with the country or country life. 2 unsophisticated, simple, unrefined. 3 of rude or country workmanship. 4 made of untrimmed branches or rough timber (a rustic bench). 5 (of lettering) freely formed. 6 Archit. with rough-hewn or roughened surface or with sunk joints. 7 archaic rural. --n. a person from or living in the country, esp. a simple unsophisticated one. Derivatives: rustically adv. rusticity n. Etymology: ME f. L rusticus f. rus the country Webster's 1913 DictionaryRustic Rus"tic, n. 1. An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown. Hence to your fields, you rustics! hence, away. --Pope. 2. A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person. [Poetic] Webster's 1913 DictionaryRustic Rus"tic, a. [L. rusticus, fr. rus, ruris, the country: cf. F. rustique. See Rural.] 1. Of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity. ``Rustic lays.'' --Milton. And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. --Gray. She had a rustic, woodland air. --Wordsworth. 2. Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners. ``A rustic muse.'' --Spenser. 3. Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress. 4. Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected. --Pope. Rustic moth (Zo["o]l.), any moth belonging to Agrotis and allied genera. Their larv[ae] are called cutworms. See Cutworm. Rustic work. (a) (Arch.) Cut stone facing which has the joints worked with grooves or channels, the face of each block projecting beyond the joint, so that the joints are very conspicuous. (b) (Arch. & Woodwork) Summer houses, or furniture for summer houses, etc., made of rough limbs of trees fancifully arranged. Syn: Rural; rude; unpolished; inelegant; untaught; awkward; rough; coarse; plain; unadorned; simple; artless; honest. See Rural. Collin's Cobuild DictionaryYou can use rustic to describe things or people that you approve of because they are simple or unsophisticated in a way that is typical of the countryside. ...the rustic charm of a country lifestyle. ADJ: usu ADJ n [approval] Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
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